Deformation control method, deformation control apparatus, and user equipment (ue)

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present application disclose a deformation control method, a deformation control apparatus, and a user equipment (UE). The method comprises: generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a user on at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on a deformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regions are multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or will synchronously focus; and controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at least one shape restriction condition, where the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distance between any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions is less than a distance threshold. The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application make it more convenient for a user to focus on multiple associated regions on which the user synchronously focuses, and facilitate use of the deformation controllable device by the user.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is based on and claims the benefit of priorityto Chinese Application No. 201510920776.X, filed on Dec. 11, 2015, theentire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the field of information processingtechnologies, and in particular, to a deformation control method, adeformation control apparatus, and a user equipment (UE).

BACKGROUND

With demands for large screen display of users, there is a trend towardsincreasing sizes of computer screens, mobile phones, and the like.However, a large-size UE brings inconvenience of operations to a userwhile providing the user with better enjoyment on aspects such as avisual aspect. For example, gaze and/or an operation on two objectsbetween which a distance is relatively large needs to cross largerspace, and with an improvement in a tensile property of a flexibledisplay device, the problem becomes even more severe.

SUMMARY

A possible objective of embodiments of the present application is: toprovide a deformation controllable device-based deformation controlsolution.

According to a first aspect, a possible technical solution of thepresent application provides a deformation control method, comprising:

generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a useron at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on adeformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regionsare multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or willsynchronously focus; and

controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at leastone shape restriction condition, where

the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distancebetween any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions isless than a distance threshold.

According to a second aspect, a possible technical solution of thepresent application provides a deformation control apparatus,comprising:

a trigger information generation module, configured to generate triggerinformation according to a focus behavior of a user on at least oneassociated region in multiple associated regions on a deformationcontrollable device, where the multiple associated regions are multipleregions on which the user synchronously focuses or will synchronouslyfocus; and

a deformation control module, configured to control, in response to thetrigger information, the deformation controllable device to be deformedto a target shape that meets at least one shape restriction condition,where

the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distancebetween any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions isless than a distance threshold.

According to a third aspect, a possible technical solution of thepresent application provides a UE, where the UE comprises:

a memory, configured to store a program; and

a processor, configured to execute the program stored in the memory,where the program enables the processor to execute the followingoperations:

generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a useron at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on adeformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regionsare multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or willsynchronously focus; and

controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at leastone shape restriction condition, where

the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distancebetween any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions isless than a distance threshold.

According to at least one technical solution of the embodiments of thepresent application, a deformation controllable device is controlled tobe deformed, making it more convenient for a user to focus on multipleassociated regions on which the user synchronously focuses, andfacilitating use of the deformation controllable device by the user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a deformation control method according to anembodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 2a to 2c are schematic diagrams of application scenarios of thedeformation control method according to embodiments of the presentapplication;

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a structure of a deformationcontrol apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIGS. 4a to 4d are schematic block diagrams of structures of fourdeformation control apparatuses according to embodiments of the presentapplication; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a structure of a UE according toan embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following describes specific implementing manners of the presentapplication in further detail with reference to accompanying drawings (asame reference sign in several accompanying drawings represents a sameelement) and embodiments. The following embodiments are used to describethe present application, rather than limit the scope of the presentapplication.

It should be understood by a person skilled in the art that terms suchas “first” and “second” in the present application are merely used todifferentiate different steps, devices, modules, or the like, and theterms neither represent any particular technical meaning nor represent anecessary logical order thereof.

The inventor of the present application discovers that when a user needsto synchronously focus on two associated regions that are associatedwith each other, if a UE is of a relatively large size, and the twoassociated regions are located at positions that are relatively distantfrom each other on the UE, eyes or a hand of the user needs to cross arelatively large distance, so as to switch between the two associatedregions, which brings inconvenience to use of the UE by the user.

In the following description of the embodiments of the presentapplication, “synchronous focus” on multiple associated regions meansthat: attention of a user is continuously switched among the multipleassociated regions in a relatively short time interval.

As shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides adeformation control method, comprising:

S110: Generate trigger information according to a focus behavior of auser on at least one associated region in multiple associated regions ona deformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regionsare multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or willsynchronously focus.

S120: Control, in response to the trigger information, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at leastone shape restriction condition, where the at least one shaperestriction condition comprises: a distance between any two associatedregions in the multiple associated regions is less than a distancethreshold.

For example, a deformation control apparatus provided in the presentapplication is used as an execution body of this embodiment to performS110 to S120. Specifically, the deformation control apparatus may bedisposed in a UE in a manner of software, hardware, or a combination ofsoftware and hardware, or the deformation control apparatus is the UE.The UE comprises but not limited to, smartphone, smart bracelet, smarttelevision, tablet computer, notebook computer, and desktop computer.

According to at least one technical solution of the embodiments of thepresent application, a deformation controllable device is controlled tobe deformed to a target shape that meets a requirement, making it moreconvenient for a user to focus on multiple associated regions on which auser synchronously focuses, and facilitating use of the deformationcontrollable device by the user.

Steps of the present application are further described by using thefollowing implementing manners:

S110: Generate trigger information according to a focus behavior of auser on at least one associated region in multiple associated regions ona deformation controllable device.

In a possible implementing manner, the multiple associated regions maybe multiple regions on which a user synchronously focuses, for example,multiple regions at which a user continuously and repeatedly switches togaze (e.g. when a user views two displayed photos to determine whethertwo people in the two displayed photos are a same person, a gaze pointis continuously switched between two regions corresponding to faces ofthe two people).

In a possible implementing manner, the multiple associated regions maybe multiple regions on which a user will synchronously focus. Forexample, after a user performs an operation, appearance of multipleregions on which the user needs to synchronously focus will be activated(e.g. after a user clicks an input box, display of an input key regionand an input visual feedback region on which the user needs tosynchronously focus will be activated).

In an implementing manner of the present application, the multipleassociated regions may be two associated regions. It should be known bya person skilled in the art that in another possible implementingmanner, the multiple associated regions may be three or more associatedregions.

In a possible implementing manner, optionally, association amongmultiple regions is preset and is stored in a storage medium. Forexample, it is set that in a scenario, two regions are two associatedregions that are associated with each other.

In other possible implementing manner, optionally, before S110, themethod may further comprise:

determining the multiple associated regions.

In a possible implementing manner, optionally, the determining themultiple associated regions may comprise:

determining, in response to focus behaviors of the user on multipleregions in a set time interval, the multiple regions as the multipleassociated regions.

Here, the set time interval is generally a relatively short timeinterval, for example, 0.5 s.

Optionally, in a possible implementing manner, focus behaviors of a useron the multiple regions in the set time interval comprise: reciprocatingfocus behaviors performed on the multiple regions in the set timeinterval.

For example, by means of gaze tracking and the like, it is determinedthat a gaze point or an operation position of a user is switched betweentwo regions for multiple times, and therefore, it is determined that thetwo regions are two associated regions.

In another possible implementing manner, optionally, multiple regionscan be determined as the multiple associated regions according tohistorical focus behaviors of the user and/or other users on themultiple regions in a set time interval.

For example, by means of historical data, it is discovered that in apresented scenario, a gaze point(s) or an operation position(s) of oneor more users were switched between two regions for multiple times, andtherefore, it is determined that the two regions are two associatedregions.

In still another possible implementing manner, optionally, multipleregions may be determined as the multiple associated regions accordingto an existing association relationship among the multiple regions.

For example, two regions are separately an input region and an inputvisual feedback region, and therefore, the two regions have an inputfeedback association relationship. With regard to two regions havingsuch an association relationship, when attention of a user is on one ofthe regions, the attention is necessarily switched to the other regionin a short time. Therefore, multiple regions can be determined as themultiple associated regions according to such an associationrelationship.

Certainly, multiple associated regions may be determined according toanother possible association relationship. For example, a comparisonassociation relationship between two display regions separatelycorresponding to two pictures for comparison in a game of “spot thedifference”, and a parallel option association relationship amongmultiple regions separately corresponding to multiple parallel optionsfor a user to select (e.g. two display regions separately correspondingto an option of “confirm” and an option of “cancel” in a close confirmdialog box that pops up when a close button is clicked). There are manysuch scenarios, which are not enumerated herein.

In a possible implementing manner, the focus behavior comprises at leastone of the following:

gaze, an input operation, and an activation operation.

Using the multiple associated regions being two associated regions as anexample, s110 may be:

generating the trigger information according to gaze of a user at oneassociated region in the two associated regions; or

generating the trigger information according to an input operation of auser on one associated region in the two associated region s (e.g. anoperation such as a click of a mouse in the associated region, touch ofa hand in the associated region); or

generating the trigger information according to an activation operationof a user on the two associated regions (e.g. the operation of a clickin an input box described as above).

S120: Control, in response to the trigger information, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at leastone shape restriction condition.

In a possible implementing manner, s120 comprises:

determining, in response to the trigger information at least accordingto a current shape of the deformation controllable device and multiplepositions of the multiple associated regions on the deformationcontrollable device, whether the current shape meets the at least oneshape restriction condition; and

controlling, in response to that the current shape fails to meet the atleast one shape restriction condition, the deformation controllabledevice to be deformed to the target shape.

When the current shape meets the at least one shape restrictioncondition, no deformation control operation may be performed.

In a possible implementing manner, an execution body of this method isthe deformation controllable device, and the controlling the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed may comprise: adjusting a shape ofthe deformation controllable device.

In another possible implementing manner, an execution body of thismethod is not the deformation controllable device and is another UE, andtherefore, the controlling the deformation controllable device to bedeformed may comprise:

sending a deformation control instruction to the deformationcontrollable device.

In a possible implementing manner, optionally, the controlling thedeformation controllable device to be deformed to the target shape maycomprise:

determining the target shape at least according to a current shape ofthe deformation controllable device, multiple positions of the multipleassociated regions on the deformation controllable device, and the atleast one shape restriction condition; and

controlling, according to the target shape, the deformation controllabledevice to be deformed.

In this implementing manner, the target shape is directly acquired, soas to control the deformation controllable device to be deformed, by onestep, to the target shape.

In another possible implementing manner, the target shape may not bedirectly calculated, and multiple deformation attempts are performed tocontinuously get close to the target shape. Therefore, optionally, thecontrolling the deformation controllable device to be deformed to thetarget shape comprises:

controlling the deformation controllable device to undergo deformation;

determining whether a shape of the deformation controllable device afterthe deformation meets the at least one shape restriction condition; and

continuing, in response to that the shape of the deformationcontrollable device after the deformation fails to meet the at least oneshape restriction condition, controlling the deformation controllabledevice to undergo deformation until a shape of the deformationcontrollable device after the deformation meets the at least one shaperestriction condition.

In this way, a final shape that meets the at least one shape restrictioncondition is the target shape.

In this implementing manner, when the deformation controllable device iscontrolled to be deformed, and the shape after the deformation fails tomeet the at least one shape restriction condition, a parameter for thenext deformation may be determined according to whether the shape afterthe deformation is close to meeting the at least one shape restrictioncondition, for example, if the shape is close to meeting the at leastone shape restriction condition, deformation may be continued accordingto an original deformation direction; and if the shape is far away frommeeting the at least one shape restriction condition, deformation may becontinued along a reverse direction of the direction of the earlierdeformation.

In this implementing manner, the at least one shape restrictioncondition comprises:

a first shape restriction condition:

a distance between any two associated regions in the multiple associatedregions is less than a distance threshold.

In this embodiment of the present application, the distance thresholdcan be obtained in advance according to calculation or training andlearning. For example, the distance threshold is determined by using abasis that a user can conveniently switch between the multipleassociated regions (e.g. a user can switch between the multipleassociated regions by turning eyes with an amplitude in a relativelysmall range without turning a head, or a region that can be covered byone hand or fingers of both hands of a user).

As shown in FIG. 2a , description is made by using a situation that themultiple associated regions on a deformation controllable device 210 ina scenario comprise two associated regions, a first associated region211 and a second associated region 212.

As shown in FIG. 2a , the first associated region 211 and the secondassociated region 212 are separately located at two ends of alongitudinal direction of the deformation controllable device 210.

In a state shown in FIG. 2a , for example, a user needs to turn a heador turn eyes in a relatively large amplitude, so as to enable aline-of-sight to switch between content of the first associated region211 (which may be displayed content, or physically existing content,such as a physical button) and content of the second associated region212, or a user is unable to synchronously hold the deformationcontrollable device 210 by one hand and switch, by using fingers,between the two associated regions.

In this implementing manner, whether a current shape of the deformationcontrollable device 210 meets the first shape restriction condition maybe determined first. Here, in the first shape restriction condition, thedistance threshold is set to d. A distance between the first associatedregion 211 and the second associated region 212 is D1, and D1>d.Therefore, the current shape of the deformation controllable device 210fails to meet the first shape restriction condition.

In this implementing manner, it can be determined according to s120 thata target shape of the deformation controllable device 210 is as shown inFIG. 2b , in which the distance between the first associated region 211and the second associated region 212 is changed into D2, and D2<d. In ascenario shown in FIG. 2b , a user can clearly view, only by turningeyes in a small amplitude, content separately presented on the firstassociated region 211 and the second associated region 212.

It should be known by a person skilled in the art that in a case ofknowing a current shape of the deformation controllable device 210 andpositions of the multiple associated regions on the deformationcontrollable device 210, multiple target shapes that meet the firstshape restriction condition may be determined. For example, a targetshape of the deformation controllable device 210 shown in FIG. 2a may beanother shape shown in FIG. 2c . Therefore, in an implementing manner,when the target shape is determined, another possible restrictioncondition may be comprised, for example, a shape of the deformationcontrollable device 210 may be only switched between multiple limitedshapes, and a shape of a region on the deformation controllable device210 is restricted to be unchanged, and the like.

In a possible implementing manner, the method further comprises:determining an associated region in the multiple associated regions onwhich the user currently focuses; and

the at least one shape restriction condition further comprises:

a second shape restriction condition: retaining a shape of theassociated region on which the user currently focuses.

In this implementing manner, to avoid bringing inconvenience to currentuse of a user (for example, deformation of a gaze position causesdiscomfort such as dizziness), the second shape restriction conditionmay be used to ensure that a shape of the associated region on which theuser is focusing keeps unchanged, and a shape of another region ischanged by using the associated region as a reference, so as to achievethe target shape.

In a possible implementing manner, the controlling the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to the target shape may be achievedby using an adjustment performed by a deformation mechanism (e.g. apneumatic structure that is expanded outwards when a pressure isincreased, and is contracted inwards when the pressure is decreased) inthe deformation controllable device.

In another possible implementing manner, deformation of the deformationcontrollable device is implemented by adjusting at least one deformationcontrol parameter of a deformation controllable material.

In this implementing manner, when the at least one deformation controlparameter changes, a shape of the deformation controllable material alsochanges, and therefore, a shape adjustment of the deformationcontrollable device in the method of this embodiment of the presentapplication can be achieved.

In a possible implementing manner, the deformation controllable materialcomprises: a photo-deformable material.

The photo-deformable material undergoes deformation, e.g. deformationsuch as stretching and contracting, and bending, corresponding to lightin response to at least one light feature of the light applied to thephoto-deformable material. For example, the photo-deformable materialmay comprise: photostrictive ferroelectric ceramics, a photo-deformablepolymer, and the like.

In a possible implementing manner, the at least one light feature maycomprise a wavelength of the light. For example, when light of a firstwavelength is irradiated on the photo-deformable material, thephoto-deformable material undergoes a first change, and when light of asecond wavelength is irradiated on the photo-deformable material, thephoto-deformable material undergoes a second change.

In a possible implementing manner, the at least one light feature mayfurther comprise: an irradiation time, an incident angle, lightintensity, or light distribution of the light when the light isirradiated on the photo-deformable material (e.g. different wavelengthsof light irradiated on different areas of the photo-deformable material,and/or different irradiation times, and/or different incident angles,and/or different light intensity), or the at least one light feature maybe a combination of the above light features.

In another possible implementing manner, the deformation controllablematerial comprises: an electro-deformable material. In a possibleimplementing manner, the electro-deformable material may be, forexample, a piezoelectric material or an electro-deformable liquidcrystal elastic material.

The electro-deformable material undergoes deformation, e.g. deformationsuch as stretching and contracting, corresponding to an electric fieldin response to at least one electric field feature of the electric fieldapplied to the electro-deformable material.

The at least one electric field feature comprises:

a direction of the electric field, electric intensity of the electricfield, distribution of the electric field, or an application time of theelectric field on the electro-deformable material; or a combination ofthe foregoing electric field features.

In still another possible implementing manner, the deformationcontrollable material comprises: a thermally-deformable material. In apossible implementing manner, the thermally-deformable material may be,for example, a thermally-deformable liquid crystal elastomer.

The thermally-deformable material undergoes deformation, e.g.deformation such as stretching and contracting, corresponding to atemperature field in response to at least one temperature field featureof the temperature field applied to the thermally-deformable material.

In a possible implementing manner, the at least one temperature fieldfeature comprises:

temperature distribution of the temperature field, a specifictemperature, or duration of the temperature field; or a combination ofthe above temperature field features.

When different regions of the deformation controllable device need to besubjected to different deformation, in a possible implementing manner,different deformation of the different regions may be implemented byseparately controlling deformation control parameters of the differentregions of an integral deformation controllable material; and in anotherpossible implementing manner, a deformation controllable material arraycomprising multiple deformation controllable material units may be used,and deformation control parameters of the deformation controllablematerial units are separately controlled.

It should be understood by a person skilled in the art that in theforegoing methods of the specific implementing manners of the presentapplication, the value of the serial number of each step described abovedoes not mean an execution sequence, and the execution sequence of eachstep should be determined according to the function and internal logicthereof, and should not be any limitation on the implementationprocedure of the embodiments of the present application.

As shown in FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present application provides adeformation control apparatus 300, comprising:

a trigger information generation module 310, configured to generatetrigger information according to a focus behavior of a user on at leastone associated region in multiple associated regions on a deformationcontrollable device, where the multiple associated regions are multipleregions on which the user synchronously focuses or will synchronouslyfocus; and

a deformation control module 320, configured to control, in response tothe trigger information, the deformation controllable device to bedeformed to a target shape that meets at least one shape restrictioncondition, where

the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distancebetween any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions isless than a distance threshold.

According to at least one technical solution of the embodiments of thepresent application, a deformation controllable device is controlled tobe deformed to a target shape that meets a requirement, making it moreconvenient for a user to focus on multiple associated regions on which auser synchronously focuses, and facilitating use of the deformationcontrollable device by the user.

In a possible implementing manner, optionally, association amongmultiple regions is preset and is stored in a storage medium.

In another possible implementing manner, as shown in FIG. 4a ,optionally, the apparatus 300 may further comprise:

an associated region determining module 330, configured to determine themultiple associated regions.

In a possible implementing manner, optionally, the associated regiondetermining module 330 may comprise:

a first region determining unit 331, configured to determine, inresponse to focus behaviors of the user on multiple regions in a settime interval, the multiple regions as the multiple associated regions.

Optionally, in a possible implementing manner, focus behaviors of a useron the multiple regions in the set time interval comprise: reciprocatingfocus behaviors performed on the multiple regions in the set timeinterval.

In another possible implementing manner, as shown in FIG. 4b ,optionally, the associated region determining module 330 comprises:

a second region determining unit 332, configured to determine, inresponse to historical focus behaviors of at least one user on multipleregions in a set time interval, the multiple regions as the multipleassociated regions.

In still another possible implementing manner, as shown in FIG. 4c ,optionally, the associated region determining module 330 comprises:

a third region determining unit 333, configured to determine, accordingto an existing association relationship among multiple regions, themultiple regions as the multiple associated regions.

In a possible implementing manner, optionally, the associationrelationship may comprise:

an input feedback association relationship between an input region andan input visual feedback region.

In a possible implementing manner, the focus behavior comprises at leastone of the following:

gaze, an input operation, and an activation operation.

In a possible implementing manner, the apparatus 300 is a part of thedeformation controllable device or is the deformation controllabledevice, and the deformation control module 320 may comprise adeformation execution unit, configured to adjust a shape of thedeformation controllable device.

In another possible implementing manner, the apparatus 300 belongs to adevice other than the deformation controllable device. At this time, thedeformation control module 320 may comprise a communications unit,configured to send a deformation control instruction to the deformationcontrollable device.

In a possible implementing manner, as shown in FIG. 4a , the deformationcontrol module 320 comprises:

a first condition determining unit 321, configured to determine, inresponse to the trigger information at least according to a currentshape of the deformation controllable device and multiple positions ofthe multiple associated regions on the deformation controllable device,whether the current shape meets the at least one shape restrictioncondition; and

a deformation control unit 322, configured to control, in response tothat the current shape fails to meet the at least one shape restrictioncondition, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to thetarget shape.

In a possible implementing manner, as shown in FIG. 4b , optionally, thedeformation control module 320 comprises:

a target shape determining unit 323, configured to determine the targetshape at least according to a current shape of the deformationcontrollable device, multiple positions of the multiple associatedregions on the deformation controllable device, and the at least oneshape restriction condition; and

a first control unit 324, configured to control, according to the targetshape, the deformation controllable device to be deformed.

In this implementing manner, the target shape is directly acquired, soas to control the deformation controllable device to be deformed, by onestep, to the target shape.

In another possible implementing manner, the target shape may not bedirectly calculated, and multiple deformation attempts are performed tocontinuously get close to the target shape. Therefore, as shown in FIG.4c , optionally, the deformation control module 320 comprises:

a second control unit 325, configured to control the deformationcontrollable device to undergo deformation; and

a second condition determining unit 326, configured to send, in responseto that a shape of the deformation controllable device after thedeformation fails to meet the at least one shape restriction condition,an instruction to the second control unit, so as to continue controllingthe deformation controllable device to be deformed until a shape of thedeformation controllable device after the deformation meets the at leastone shape restriction condition.

In a possible implementing manner, as shown in FIG. 4d , the apparatus300 further comprises:

a focused region determining module 340, configured to determine anassociated region in the multiple associated regions on which the usercurrently focuses; and

the at least one shape restriction condition further comprises:

retaining a shape of the associated region on which the user currentlyfocuses.

In this implementing manner, inconvenience to a user caused bydeformation may be reduced.

For further implementation of functions of modules and units in thisembodiment, reference may be made to corresponding implementing mannersin the foregoing method embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another UE 500 according toan embodiment of the present application. Specific embodiments of thepresent application are not intended to limit the specificimplementation of the UE 500. As shown in FIG. 5, the UE 500 maycomprise:

a processor 510, a communications interface 520, a memory 530, and acommunications bus 540.

The processor 510, the communications interface 520, and the memory 530communicate with each other by using the communications bus 540.

The communications interface 520 is configured to communicate with anetwork element such as a client.

The processor 510 is configured to execute a program 532, andspecifically can perform relevant steps in the foregoing methodembodiments.

Specifically, the program 532 may comprise program code, where theprogram code comprises a computer operation instruction.

The processor 510 may be a central processing unit (CPU), or anapplication specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or may be configured asone or more integrated circuits that implement the embodiments of thepresent application.

The memory 530 is configured to store a program 532. The memory 530 maycomprise a high speed random access memory (RAM), and may also comprisea non-volatile memory such as at least one magnetic disk storage. Theprogram 532 may be specifically configured to enable the UE 500 toexecute the following operations:

generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a useron at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on adeformation controllable device, where the multiple associated regionsare multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or willsynchronously focus; and

controlling, in response to the trigger information, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at leastone shape restriction condition, where

the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: a distancebetween any two associated regions in the multiple associated regions isless than a distance threshold.

In a possible implementing manner, the UE is the deformationcontrollable device.

For specific implementation of the steps in the program 532, referencemay be made to the corresponding descriptions of corresponding steps andunits in the foregoing embodiments, which are not described hereinagain. It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that,for the purpose of convenient and brief description, reference may bemade to the description of corresponding procedures in the foregoingmethod embodiments for detailed working procedures of the foregoingdevices and modules, and details are not described herein again.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and method steps may be implemented by electronichardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware.Whether the functions are performed by hardware or software depends onparticular applications and design constraint conditions of thetechnical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use differentmethods to implement the described functions for each particularapplication, but it should not be considered that the implementationgoes beyond the scope of the present application.

When the functions are implemented in a form of a software functionalunit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such anunderstanding, the technical solutions of the present applicationessentially, or the part contributing to the existing art, or all or apart of the technical solutions may be implemented in the form of asoftware product. The computer software product is stored in a storagemedium and comprises several instructions for instructing a computerdevice (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device)to perform all or a part of the steps of the methods in the embodimentsof the present application. The foregoing storage medium comprises: anymedium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, aremovable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory(RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing implementing manners are only used to describe the presentapplication, but not to limit the present application. A person ofordinary skill in the art can still make various alterations andmodifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the presentinvention; therefore, all equivalent technical solutions also fallwithin the scope of the present invention, and the patent protectionscope of the present invention should be subject to the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A deformation control method, comprising:generating trigger information according to a focus behavior of a useron at least one associated region in multiple associated regions on adeformation controllable device, wherein the multiple associated regionsare multiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or willsynchronously focus; and controlling, in response to the triggerinformation, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to atarget shape that meets at least one shape restriction condition,wherein the at least one shape restriction condition comprises: adistance between any two associated regions in the multiple associatedregions is less than a distance threshold.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein before the generating trigger information according to a focusbehavior, the method further comprises: determining the multipleassociated regions.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determiningthe multiple associated regions comprises: determining, in response tofocus behaviors of the user on multiple regions in a set time interval,the multiple regions as the multiple associated regions.
 4. The methodof claim 2, wherein the determining the multiple associated regionscomprises: determining, in response to historical focus behaviors of atleast one user on multiple regions in a set time interval, the multipleregions as the multiple associated regions.
 5. The method of claim 2,wherein the determining the multiple associated regions comprises:determining, according to an existing association relationship amongmultiple regions, the multiple regions as the multiple associatedregions.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the association relationshipcomprises: an input feedback association relationship between an inputregion and an input visual feedback region.
 7. The method of claim 1,wherein the focus behavior comprises at least one of the following:gaze, an input operation, and an activation operation.
 8. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the controlling, in response to the triggerinformation, the deformation controllable device to be deformed to atarget shape comprises: determining, in response to the triggerinformation at least according to a current shape of the deformationcontrollable device and multiple positions of the multiple associatedregions on the deformation controllable device, whether the currentshape meets the at least one shape restriction condition; andcontrolling, in response to that the current shape fails to meet the atleast one shape restriction condition, the deformation controllabledevice to be deformed to the target shape.
 9. The method of claim 1,wherein the controlling the deformation controllable device to bedeformed to a target shape comprises: determining the target shape atleast according to a current shape of the deformation controllabledevice, multiple positions of the multiple associated regions on thedeformation controllable device, and the at least one shape restrictioncondition; and controlling, according to the target shape, thedeformation controllable device to be deformed.
 10. The method of claim1, wherein the controlling the deformation controllable device to bedeformed to a target shape comprises: controlling the deformationcontrollable device to undergo deformation; and continuing, in responseto that a shape of the deformation controllable device after thedeformation fails to meet the at least one shape restriction condition,controlling the deformation controllable device to be deformed until ashape of the deformation controllable device after the deformation meetsthe at least one shape restriction condition.
 11. The method of claim 1,wherein the method further comprises: determining an associated regionin the multiple associated regions on which the user currently focuses;and the at least one shape restriction condition further comprises:retaining a shape of the associated region on which the user currentlyfocuses.
 12. A deformation control apparatus, comprising: a triggerinformation generation module, configured to generate triggerinformation according to a focus behavior of a user on at least oneassociated region in multiple associated regions on a deformationcontrollable device, wherein the multiple associated regions aremultiple regions on which the user synchronously focuses or willsynchronously focus; and a deformation control module, configured tocontrol, in response to the trigger information, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to a target shape that meets at leastone shape restriction condition, wherein the at least one shaperestriction condition comprises: a distance between any two associatedregions in the multiple associated regions is less than a distancethreshold.
 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus furthercomprises: an associated region determining module, configured todetermine the multiple associated regions.
 14. The apparatus of claim13, wherein the associated region determining module comprises: a firstregion determining unit, configured to determine, in response to focusbehaviors of the user on multiple regions in a set time interval, themultiple regions as the multiple associated regions.
 15. The apparatusof claim 13, wherein the associated region determining module comprises:a second region determining unit, configured to determine, in responseto historical focus behaviors of at least one user on multiple regionsin a set time interval, the multiple regions as the multiple associatedregions.
 16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the associated regiondetermining module comprises: a third region determining unit,configured to determine, according to an existing associationrelationship among multiple regions, the multiple regions as themultiple associated regions.
 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein theassociation relationship comprises: an input feedback associationrelationship between an input region and an input visual feedbackregion.
 18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the focus behaviorcomprises at least one of the following: gaze, an input operation, andan activation operation.
 19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein thedeformation control module comprises: a first condition determiningunit, configured to determine, in response to the trigger information atleast according to a current shape of the deformation controllabledevice and multiple positions of the multiple associated regions on thedeformation controllable device, whether the current shape meets the atleast one shape restriction condition; and a deformation control unit,configured to control, in response to that the current shape fails tomeet the at least one shape restriction condition, the deformationcontrollable device to be deformed to the target shape.
 20. Theapparatus of claim 12, wherein the deformation control module comprises:a target shape determining unit, configured to determine the targetshape at least according to a current shape of the deformationcontrollable device, multiple positions of the multiple associatedregions on the deformation controllable device, and the at least oneshape restriction condition; and a first control unit, configured tocontrol, according to the target shape, the deformation controllabledevice to be deformed.
 21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein thedeformation control module comprises: a second control unit, configuredto control the deformation controllable device to undergo deformation;and a second condition determining unit, configured to send, in responseto that a shape of the deformation controllable device after thedeformation fails to meet the at least one shape restriction condition,an instruction to the second control unit, so as to continue controllingthe deformation controllable device to be deformed until a shape of thedeformation controllable device after the deformation meets the at leastone shape restriction condition.
 22. The apparatus of claim 12, whereinthe apparatus further comprises: a focused region determining module,configured to determine an associated region in the multiple associatedregions on which the user currently focuses; and the at least one shaperestriction condition further comprises: retaining a shape of theassociated region on which the user currently focuses.
 23. A userequipment (UE), wherein the UE comprises: a memory, configured to storea program; and a processor, configured to execute the program stored inthe memory, wherein the program enables the processor to execute thefollowing operations: generating trigger information according to afocus behavior of a user on at least one associated region in multipleassociated regions on a deformation controllable device, wherein themultiple associated regions are multiple regions on which the usersynchronously focuses or will synchronously focus; and controlling, inresponse to the trigger information, the deformation controllable deviceto be deformed to a target shape that meets at least one shaperestriction condition, wherein the at least one shape restrictioncondition comprises: a distance between any two associated regions inthe multiple associated regions is less than a distance threshold.